Over 818,000 affected by monsoon last year

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 818,130 people lost their homes or had their lives upturned due to the northeast monsoon season which hit the country late last year, says Nga Kor Ming.

In a parliamentary written reply, the Local Government Development Minister said based on figures from the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma), a total of 236,664 heads of households were impacted from across the country as of January this year.